Lowe, D and Skitmore, M (2011) The learning climate of chartered quantity surveying practices. Construction Economics and Building, 11(4), pp. 1-20. ISSN 2204-9029
Abstract
This paper reports on a fully structured interview survey investigating the relationship between the learning climate of chartered quantity surveying practices and individual learning styles, approaches to learning, ability, measures of length of service and the size of the quantity surveying organisation. The results indicate that the learning environment is generally supportive in terms of human support, but less supportive in terms of staff development systems; as individuals rise in the hierarchy of an organisation, their perception of its ability to provide an appropriate learning environment increases. Likewise, perceptions of human support and working practices within organisations increase significantly with length of time in the profession; larger organisations have more advanced staff development systems but provide less human support; and the learning environment both overall and in terms of working practices correlates positively with learning styles and approaches to learning.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | experiential learning; learning organization; learning styles; practitioners; quantity surveying |
| Index terms: | learning style, working practice, survey, experiential learning, interview, profession, surveying, quantity surveying practice, practitioner |
| Subjects: | practitioner, institututions, learning methods, profession, management, data collection methods, health monitoring assessment and metrics |
| Topics: | Organizational Design, Education, Research Practice, Health and Safety, Roles and Professions |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCE |
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